sf-emm june 2010
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Meeting notes for the June 2010 meetup.TRANSCRIPT
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JUNE 2010
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JUNE 2010
• Jam Session #2 in May rocked!• Next meetup: Hot Spot bar, July 7• Introductions!• Cool toy: Mixwidget.org
• Jerry – New electronic orchestra + Q&A
• J.B.Vries – “Creepin’ In ft. Goldie”• Keller• McKay – iPad/Bebot/Sounddrop thing• Eric Odland – “What You Do To Me”• Ed
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MIXWIDGET.ORG
• Mixtape player
• Customizable
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MIXWIDGET.ORG
• Mixtape player
• Customizable
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MIXWIDGET.ORG
• Mixtape player
• Customizable
• See Rekz’ usage at:http://rekzkarz.blogspot.com
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MIXWIDGET.ORG
• Mixtape player
• Customizable
• See Rekz’ usage at:http://rekzkarz.blogspot.com
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JERRY GERBER
• Composed for film, games, TV, concerts, dance
• Electronic symphonies
• SONAR DAW, uses VSTs like Massive and Gigastudio for symphonic sampleshttp://www.jerrygerber.com
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JERRY GERBER
Source: From Walter Piston's book on Orchestration
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JERRY GERBER
Orchestral Unison
• Single instrument to entire orchestral tutti
• Octave duplications considered unison
Melody and Accompaniment
• Melody sometimes has more orchestral weight
• Accompaniment can consist of several instruments
Source: From Walter Piston's book on Orchestration
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JERRY GERBER
Melody and Accompaniment (cont’d)
• Some possible accompaniment textures:– Ostinatos and repeating figures
– Chords
– Pedal points
– Specific melodic notes extracted (heterophony)
– Arpeggiated chord outlines
Source: From Walter Piston's book on Orchestration
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JERRY GERBERSecondary Melody• This is two-part counterpoint with
accompaniment
Choral Texture• Mid-way between chords and counterpoint• Utilizes non-harmonic tones
Polyphonic Texture• Contrapuntal texture with no non-
polyphonic accompanimentsSource: From Walter Piston's book on
Orchestration
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JERRY GERBERChords
• The entire orchestra, or parts of it, moving in chords
Complex Texture
• Any combination of previously mentioned textures
Source: From Walter Piston's book on Orchestration
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JERRY GERBER
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J.B.VRIES
“My songwriting process is very similar to any other instrument but with a twist of about 65% songwriting 20% coding process and 15 experimentation process.”
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J.B.VRIES
Creepin’ In ft. Goldie
“… I was actually working with a Phillip Glass classical music piece in my project trying to learn from his note progressions and the main melody from Creepin' In was the result.”http://www.facebook.com/JBVfans
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KELLER
http://www.kellermedlin.com
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MCKAY
McKay’s demo
http://www.mckaygarner.com
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ERIC ODLAND
• DAW = Reaper• Plugins: Automat, TAL instruments,
CheeseMachine, VOPM, Orca• Vocal fx = Csound• Other stuff = MIDI keyboard, bass
guitar
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ED
• Piano w/ effects, WAV edited by hand
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NEXT MEETUP
• Next meetup: July 7 at Hot Spot Bar1414 Market St. (at Fell St.)
• Notes on the SF-EMM.org website
• Next jam session = ???
http://www.SF-EMM.org
~ Thank you! ~